Anders Ilar
Anders Ilar (born December 1973) is a Swedish electronic musician and producer.
Born in Ludvika, Ilar grew up in the little town that is surrounded by woods and lakes, and started playing the piano when he was six. However, he gradually lost interest after he started taking lessons. Instead, he became fascinated with electronic sounds and science fiction, and grew up listening to Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream.
By the time Ilar was a teenager, he spent most of his time playing with synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines, resulting in an almost endless amount of tracks recorded on tape. Never feeling really satisfied with the quality of his productions, he decided to take a break in 1997.
After some time, Ilar was introduced to a new way of producing music — computer software. After making a few tracks, he decided to start producing again. He got in contact with the German label, Plong!, and was able to make his first official release. Since then, his output has spanned over many electronic styles — from the dubwise techno explorations for "Echochord", via the blissful ambience of "Everdom", through to the deeper abstractions of his "Audio.nl" pieces, and on to the recent darkside acid techno on DSP and Narita.
Ilar now lives in Gothenburg on the Swedish west coast.
Discography
Albums
Everdom | CD | Shitkatapult Strike 37 | 2003 |
Enkel | CD | Audio.nl 029 | 2005 |
Nightwidth | CD | Narita NRTCD2 | 2006 |
Ludwijka | LP | Merck LW | 2006 |
Ludwijka Extended Visit | CD | Shitkatapult Strike 82 | 2007 |
Melt (with Fredrik Hedvall) | CD | Narita NRTCD3 | 2008 |
Sworn | LP/CD | Level LVL-11 | 2008 |
Twilight Rainfalls | MP3 | - | 2008 |
Vidare | Cass | Further Fur020 | 2010 |
Stories of Old | CD | Yard Rec yardrec 002 | 2010 |
Wavefunction Formula | CD | Level LVL-19 | 2010? |
Elva | CD | Shitkatapult Strike139 | 2012 |
- The title Vidare is a pun in Swedish; "Anders ilar vidare" translates to "Anders hurries on."
- While Wavefunction Formula was set to be released November 18, 2010, a mispress seems to have delayed the actual release.
12"s & EPs
Pinesky 01 - Anders Ilar / Olof Hemmendorff | 12" | - | 2000 |
Rend - Inter | 12" | Plong! 05 | 2001 |
Rend - Wallflower | 12" | Plong! 08 | 2002 |
Replik | 12" | Shitkatapult Strike 34 | 2002 |
Everdom | 12" | Shitkatapult Strike 37 | 2003 |
Endast | 12" | Audio.nl 026 | 2003 |
Hydro | 12" | Shitkatapult Strike 42 | 2003 |
Senare | 12" | Audio.nl 027 | 2004 |
Rendthree | 12" | Plong! 11 | 2004 |
Treasure Gardens EP | 12" | Echocord 012 | 2004 |
Rend - Item EP | MP3 | Auido:808/06 | 2005 |
Nightwidth EP | 12" | Narita NRT06 | 2005 |
Fholo EP | 12" | Defrag 012 | 2005 |
Elva Remixes | 12" | Shitkatapult Strike140 | 2012 |
Remixes
Apparat - Duplex.Remixes | 12" | Shitkatapult Strike 45 | 2004 |
Mikkel Metal - Remix pt.3 | 12" | Echocord 011 | 2004 |
Le Dust Sucker - Mean Boy Remixed | 12" | Plong! 16 | 2005 |
Compilation appearances
Onehow | Tobias Thomas - Smallville | CD | Kompakt CD 24 | 2003 |
Tank | Collectanea: first course | DVD | Escapi | 2003 |
Treasure Gardens | Groove CD 3 • 2004 | CD | Groove | 2004 |
Shorthand | Hidden City - Soundportraits from Göteborg | CD | Sub Rosa | 2004 |
Flakes Descent | Special Musick For Special People | 4LP/DVD | Shitkatapult 50 | 2004 |
Simplicity | Soft Then Hard LP | MP3 | Clever Music 005 | 2005 |
Untitled, Untitled | We Were Acid | 12" | Membrane Recordings 006 | 2005 |
Between the Digits | Do You Copy? | 2CD | Mitek | 2006 |
Korp | Ström - Pausfågeln Remixad | CD | Container | 2006 |
Rain In All Familiar Places | Re-Fragment | CD | Fragment | 2010 |
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